Chapter 147 1. Xingyue Bay
Glacier Bay, a place name that sounds like it makes people want to wear more clothes and makes old Zoran lame and rheumatism relapse.
The beach here is gray and rough, the water is freezing cold, the sea breeze is humid and noisy, and the forest is boundless. No one will come here except adventurers and lost travelers.
But just as the ogres thought of their future the moment they saw Annan - referring to how to cook.
When Annan saw Glacier Bay, a beautiful town built along the bay already appeared in his mind. When night falls, these houses light up with warm lights, reflecting on the sea and echoing the stars. Fall into sleep beneath the gentle lullaby of the waves. In winter, the houses are covered with thick snow, smoke rises, and the night sky echoes with the barking of kobolds...
As for the humidity at the seaside, the severe cold in the north, and the approaching winter... This is a magical world. It is even possible to build a floating island that will never fall -
But it is not something Annan can afford. Even though "The Fall of the Mage Tower" has ignited the Breeze City, emptying the streets, and even abandoning the income of the nobles from buying magic stones and only counting the tickets, the income is thousands of gold coins - not even enough resources to keep a floating island floating for a month.
Withdrawing his divergent thinking, Annan looked at this future territory. The name Glacier Bay comes from the melting glaciers of the snowy mountains and the crescent-shaped bay about eight or nine miles long.
The glacier is located in the north, but the river is frozen in winter. Across the river is a lush forest. To the south is a headland, where a watchtower or lighthouse can be built, and one can jump over the sea of trees and look out at the surrounding dozens of miles. Further south, there is still a lush forest. To the east... there is still a lush forest.
The nearest city is Breeze City, which is nearly a thousand miles away, followed by Bethal City, which is about 1,300 miles away, and Fenghuang City, which is 1,700 miles away.
Glacier Bay's real hope lies in the bay in front of Annan - both Augusta and Olmedo hope that Annan can build a port in Glacier Bay. Once completed, Glacier Bay Port will become the only northern port of the Kingdom of Rekaner. It is the only northern port in the Lun Continent.
But it is too early to talk about the port. Annan needs to establish a foothold here first.
The first thing is the people:
There are three forests in Glacier Bay, one in the north, one in the south, and one in the east.
To put it mildly, Glacier Bay, surrounded by forests on three sides, has a lot of timber resources. To put it bluntly, this place is inaccessible. The nearest intelligent group is the gnolls, followed by the kobolds, and then the goblins orcs, druids and elves.
Building villages and food sources are not problems. The ogre couldn't build a single house in one day, so he ate the sweets made by so many people... in vain. The clearings created by clearing forests can be reclaimed for farmland, and there are plenty of fish in the sea.
In order to prove this, Annan first asked the ogre to knock down a few trees and build a wooden house on the promontory with the best view in the south, and then entrusted the special envoy knight to circle the territory of Glacier Bay with the bay as the center. ——Because Annan only brought ogres and orcs with him on this trip.
The defeat caused the rat people to completely withdraw from the north. At least this winter, the northern border of the kingdom is quiet.
And the tower spirit gave Annan an amulet, which can summon the epic mage from the mage tower once when in danger. After using it, he can go to the mage tower to recharge - this is Annan's protection of Breeze City and Rewards from the Mage Tower.
So on the afternoon of the third day after leaving the ruins of the old mage tower, Annan rushed to Glacier Bay.
The ogre had completed the "building" made of logs before the envoy knight returned. Annan picked up a branch, stretched out his arms and stood up on tiptoes, but he still couldn't reach the door frame...
It would be unfair to say that this is a barn, but hundreds of ratmen can be packed here.
Well, it will be demolished when the territory is officially built anyway.
After inspecting the big house, Annan ran towards the beach. The ogre asked the orcs to prepare a bonfire and prey, and followed Annan, leaving a deep pit next to the footprints.
The gravel in Glacier Bay is rough, but fortunately there are no broken shells. Annan found many oysters along the coastline around the rocks below the headland. The absence of predators keeps them huge and plump, each about the size of a hand.
Annan knocked down a few pieces but couldn't free his hands, so he asked the ogre to help carry them. He knocked out more than a dozen oysters on a rock before returning to the headland.
Annan summoned the elements in front of the unlit bonfire, and a large water element appeared.
Not a fire element, but it's okay. Annan stuffed all the oysters into the water elemental body, let it help clean the oysters and the hares caught by the orcs, and borrowed flint from the orcs to light the bonfire.
The two envoy knights returned in the evening, and the scope of Glacier Bay was officially recorded in the development order as two hundred miles with the bay as the diameter, which is similar to the actual control range of Breeze City.
So strictly speaking, it is less than 700 miles from the easternmost edge of Glacier Bay to the westernmost edge of Breeze City. "Lord Annan Reeves, do you want to keep the name Glacier Bay or give it another name?"
Annan looked at the ogre hesitantly.
"Howler and I would only recommend that you call Ogre Bay and Orc Bay." it said.
Annan tries to draw inspiration from his surroundings. When he saw the dusk disappearing on the sea, and the moon and stars reflecting on the tranquil sea, he thought about what to call this place.
“Then let’s go to Xingyue Bay.”
"Is this your expression of love to the elves?"
"What?"
"Stars, moon, flowers, elves love such poetic names."
" It’s just a coincidence.”
But it would be nice to attract elves here...
The special envoy knight wrote Xingyue Bay on the development order, which meant that Annan officially became the lord of this land.
Annan's eyes rippled, as if an invisible sense of belonging appeared on him, deepening his connection with this land.
The campfire crackled, and Annan placed the washed oysters on the hot rocks beside the campfire.
The envoy knight returned to rest beside the dragon-blooded horse and did not participate in Annan's campfire dinner.
Annan sat in front of the log house, the ogre sitting down to resist the night wind. The weather is getting colder day by day, but fortunately there are bright campfires and delicious oysters and rabbit meat to warm people's hearts.
The Howler talked about its hometown. Due to human hunting and occupation, the living range of the orcs was getting smaller and smaller.
"I have seen the most noble orcs, and I have also seen the most despicable humans..." Annan comforted the orcs.
"You are discriminating against orcs. You subconsciously think that humans are nobler and orcs are more despicable."
However, the howler admitted before Annan explained: "But yes, we orcs are both Rude and barbaric, so I left the clan and became a mercenary."
"To eliminate these prejudices?"
"In order to eliminate people with these prejudices."
"What about your story?" Annan looked at the ogre again.
“I don’t want to talk boringly about identity in the beautiful night scene.”
“I guess you want to be the first philosopher among the ogres.” Annan picked up the oyster and said Suddenly, a wolf howled in the distant forest.
This beast was no threat to them at all, but the Howler suddenly stood up and said he smelled the scent of a gnoll.
(End of this chapter)